On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 03:04:36PM -0800, Tom Ballard wrote:
> See, this is where the world is so fucked up: I'm sure you are aware
> that in Greek and Roman times homosexuality was quite normal. In fact,
> I saw on TLC one evening a program about some Gnostic gospels that
> weren't selected at the Council of Nicea which described using sperm as
> a sacred sacrement of communion, and that Jesus was gay, and that Paul,
> "the disciple whom Jesus loved...", well anyway.
>
> Incidentally, the references to homosexual Jesus weren't left out
> because they offended anybody, because in those days homosexuality was
> perfectly normal. They happened to be left out because they were more
> poorly written, they just weren't good literature.
>
> I bring this up because the truth is something we rarely get to in these
> discussions, and the relgion-haters are more accurately tyrant-haters,
> and then they get all mixed up and say relgion necessarily leads to
> tyranny. It is fair to say that today anti-relgionisim has become
> tyranical itself, which is why I dislike it. I hate all jerks.
The world being fucked up, homosexuality, Jesus, the Bible, and hate. I
don't see Debian anywhere in that list. Do you think you could please
stop?
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